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单词 engagement
释义 Noun: engagement  en'geyjmunt
  1. A hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
    "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement"
    - battle, conflict, fight 
  2. A meeting arranged in advance
    - date, appointment 
  3. A mutual promise to marry
    - betrothal, troth 
  4. The act of giving someone a job
    - employment 
  5. Employment for performers or performing groups that lasts for a limited period of time
    - booking 
  6. Contact by fitting together
    "the engagement of the clutch"
    - mesh, meshing, interlocking 
  7. The act of sharing in the activities of a group
    "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities"
    - participation, involvement, involution

Derived forms: engagements

See also: engage

Type of: action, contact, employment, get together, group action, impinging, meeting, military action, promise, striking, work

Antonym: non-engagement

Part of: war, warfare

Encyclopedia: Engagement

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